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Producing reduced metal by charging and stacking a raw material containing a metal-containing material and a solid reducing material on a horizontally moving hearth of a traveling hearth furnace, by disposing a solid reducing material layer on the hearth, forming concave portions at the solid reducing material surface, stacking the raw material on the surface of the solid reducing material layer, reducing raw material by at least once heating and melting the material on the hearth to separate metal and gangue and ash ingredients, and discharging metal from the hearth.

A toner, particularly a color toner suitable for full-color image formation through a substantially oil-less heat-pressure fixing device, is formed from at least a binder resin, a colorant and a wax. The toner has viscoelasticity including: a storage modulus at 80° C. (G'80) in a range of 1x106-1x1010 dN / m2, storage moduli at temperatures of 120-180° C. (G'120-180) in a range of 5x103-1x106 dN / m2, and loss tangents (tan delta=G'' / G' as a ratio between G'' (loss modulus) and G' (storage molecules)) including a loss tangent at 180° C. (tan delta180) and a minimum of loss tangents over a temperature range of 120-180 ° C. (tan deltamin) satisfying 1<=tan delta180 / tan deltamin. The toner further exhibits a thermal behavior providing a heat-absorption curve according to differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showing a maximum heat-absorption peak temperature in a range of 50-110° C. in a temperature range of 30-200° C.

A toner, particularly a color toner suitable for full-color image formation through a substantially oil-less heat-pressure fixing device, is formed from at least a binder resin, a colorant and a wax. The binder resin comprises a polyester-based resin selected from the group consisting of (a) a polyester resin, (b) a hybrid resin having a polyester unit and a vinyl polymer unit, and (c) a mixture of these resins. The wax is characterized by including a structural unit including an OH group, an amide, or an ester group at a specific position.

The invention is to provide a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery which comprises a current collector, a positive electrode containing a lithium-containing phosphoric acid compound represented by LixMPO4 as a positive-electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative-electrode active material capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a chain ether and a cyclic carbonate having an unsaturated bond.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a zinc negative electrode mixture for forming negative electrodes of safe and economic batteries exhibiting excellent battery performance; and a gel electrolyte or a negative electrode mixture which can be suitably used for forming a storage battery exhibiting excellent battery performance such as a high cycle characteristic, rate characteristic, and coulombic efficiency while suppressing change in form, such as shape change and dendrite, and passivation of the electrode active material. Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a battery including the zinc negative electrode mixture or the gel electrolyte. (1) The zinc negative electrode mixture contains a zinc-containing compound and a conductive auxiliary agent. The zinc-containing compound and / or the conductive auxiliary agent contain(s) particles having an average particle size of 1000 μm or smaller and / or particles having an aspect ratio (vertical / lateral) of 1.1 or higher. (2) The gel electrolyte intended to be used in batteries has a cross-linked structure formed by a multivalent ion and / or an inorganic compound. (3) The negative electrode mixture intended to be used in batteries contains a negative electrode active material and a polymer.

A method for producing a toner that comprises toner particles, each of which comprises a binder resin, which comprises a resin (A) capable of forming a crystalline structure, and a colorant, the method including: a pressure holding step of, after preparing toner particles, holding the toner particles for 5 minutes or more at a pressure of 2.0 MPa or more under conditions of a temperature T1 (° C.) represented by formula (1):20≦T1≦Tp2  (1)(wherein, Tp2 represents the onset temperature of the maximum endothermic peak derived from the resin (A)), wherein a peak temperature Tp1 of the maximum endothermic peak derived from the resin (A) during the first temperature rise of the toner particles as determined by differential scanning calorimetric measurement is 50° C. to 90° C.

A fitness apparatus and a method for assembly are disclosed. The fitness apparatus comprises a wheel assembly that includes a first circular side parallel to a second circular side, both bounded by a curved tread. Within the wheel assembly is an enclosable storage chamber. The fitness apparatus also includes an axis perpendicular to the first circular side and the second circular side, and when the fitness apparatus is in an abdominal exercise wheel configuration, at least a portion of the wheel assembly rotates around the axis. The fitness apparatus also includes a centerbore along the axis that supports a first removable handle and a second removable handle when the fitness apparatus is in the abdominal exercise wheel configuration.

Spherical capsule having a liquid core and a seamless solid shell surrounding the core, in which: the diameter of the capsule is in the range of 4-8 mm; the thickness of the shell is in the range of 20-200 μm; the shell thickness to capsule diameter ratio is in the range of 0.004-0.04; the shell contains 70-90% (m / m) gelatin and 10-30% (m / m) plasticizer, based on the solids content of the shell; and the core has a flavoring content in the range of 1-100% (m / m), based on the total mass of the core.

A shelter that includes a slider and a strut mechanism mounted on support posts of the shelter that automatically actuate and extend from the side of the support posts when the shelter is expanded from its collapsed state. The strut mechanism provides support for an eave that extends outside from all or a portion of the perimeter of the shelter defined by the corners of the support posts. An automatic hard-stop mechanism is incorporated into the support posts that prevent the eave sliders and strut mechanisms from becoming over-extended. The support posts are configured and oriented relative to the other components of the shelter frame and shelter boundary so to minimize the footprint or size of the shelter when in the collapsed state. Accordingly, the protected and shaded area offered by the shelter is greatly increased without sacrificing the stability and strength of the shelter, complicating the operation of the shelter, or increasing the weight, storability or cost of the shelter.

An image processing method includes a step of generating a calibration condition for an image forming unit, a step of generating a calibration condition for a reading unit, and a discrimination step. The calibration condition for the image forming unit is generated by reading a first chart formed by the image forming unit with the reading unit and generating a calibration condition for the image forming unit based on the data obtained by the reading. The calibration condition for the reading unit is generated using a second chart printed in advance. In the discriminating step, the first and second charts are discriminated. The discrimination step discriminates whether a chart read in each of the step of generating the calibration condition for the image forming unit and the step of generating the calibration condition for the image reading unit is an appropriate chart.

Provided is a self-adhesive addition reaction curable silicone rubber composition including (A) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane containing at least two alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane, in sufficient quantity to provide from 0.4 to 10.0 mols of hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms within this component (B) for every 1 mol of alkenyl groups within the entire composition, (C) an effective quantity of a platinum-based catalyst, (D) a curing retarder, and (E) an adhesion imparting agent, in which the blend quantity of the curing retarder of the component (D) is sufficient to ensure that, if a torque value of the composition after standing for 180 minutes at 80° C. following preparation is deemed 100%, the time required for the torque value to reach 90% is no more than 120 minutes. Also provided is a method of bonding a plastic substrate and a silicone rubber, in which the above-stated addition reaction curable silicone rubber composition is cured on the plastic substrate at a temperature of no more than 120° C. The addition reaction curable silicone rubber composition is able to be cured even in the presence of curing inhibiting substances, and is very useful as a silicone adhesive.

The present invention provides an isocyanate composition including an adduct of a multifunctional isocyanate compound having two or more isocyanate groups in the molecule thereof with a polymer obtained by radically polymerizing in the presence of a chain transfer agent having active hydrogen at least a vinyl monomer including a polymerizable compound having a polyether represented by the following Formula (I): A1-(L-O)n-B1  Formula (I) wherein A1 represents a group having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond; L represents an alkylene group; B1 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group; and n is an average polymerization degree of the polyether and represents a number of 8 to 300.

The present invention provides improved pharmaceutical formulations for pulmonary delivery having improved chemical and physical stability of the therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic agent as compared to formulations known in the art. The improved pharmaceutical formulations of the invention for administration to the respiratory system of a patient for the treatment of a variety of disease conditions comprise a mass of biocompatible particles comprising an active agent, and a hydrogenated starch hydrosylate (HSH). The improvement over the prior art comprises the presence of HSH in the pharmaceutical formulation. The invention further relates to a method of treating diseases comprising administering the pharmaceutical formulations of the present invention to the respiratory system of a patient in need of treatment.

The invention provides a method for improving quality of kiwi fruit and special high-quality fruit comprehensive agents. According to the method, a high-quality fruit agent No.1 capable of increasing color, sugar, hardness and yield and preventing diseases is used after fruit picking, before and after blooming an during base fertilizer application; a high-quality fruit agent No.2 capable of thickening cell walls and increasing cell density is used in a fruit swelling period, a fruit strengthening period and a fertilizer application period, wherein weight ration of the high-quality fruit agents No.1 and No.2 to water is 1:400-600, the high-quality fruit agent No.1 can be sprayed on leaves or applied to soil once after fruit picking, before and after blooming an during base fertilizer application, the high-quality fruit agent No.2 can be applied twice, once every a half month, in the fruit swelling period, the fruit strengthening period and the fertilizer application period. Through adoption of the method and the special high-quality fruit comprehensive agents, the internal quality and external fruit shape, color, storability and freeze injury resistance of kiwi fruit can be improved, the use is convenient, the cost is reduced, kiwi fruit trees become strong and can bloom and bear fruits easily, the quality of fruits is improved greatly, the disease resistance is enhanced and yellows can be prevented and controlled.

A method for producing a toner that comprises toner particles, each of which comprises a binder resin, which comprises a resin (A) capable of forming a crystalline structure, and a colorant, the method including: a pressure holding step of, after preparing toner particles, holding the toner particles for 5 minutes or more at a pressure of 2.0 MPa or more under conditions of a temperature T1 (° C.) represented by formula (1):20≦T1≦Tp2  (1)(wherein, Tp2 represents the onset temperature of the maximum endothermic peak derived from the resin (A)), wherein a peak temperature Tp1 of the maximum endothermic peak derived from the resin (A) during the first temperature rise of the toner particles as determined by differential scanning calorimetric measurement is 50° C. to 90° C.

Disclosed is a thermally processed image recording material having an image-forming layer that contains a non-photosensitive silver salt of an organic acid, a reducing agent for silver ions and a binder on a support, wherein the binder is coated as a dispersion of polymer microparticles having a core / shell structure, glass transition temperature of shell part of the core / shell structure is higher than glass transition temperature of core part, and the binder shows a minimum film-forming temperature of 30° C. or lower. According to the present invention, there is provided a thermally processed image recording material that provides improved image storability after heat development, i.e., improved coloration of white portions when the material is left at a high temperature, and has a transparent coated film with low haze that is also excellent in brittleness.

An object of the present invention is to provide a toner that exhibits high levels of the low-temperature fixability, storability, and charging performance all at the same time. The toner of the present invention is a toner that has a toner particle comprising a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin, the toner being characterized in that the toner satisfies 0.00≤(Wt2 / Wt1)≤0.50; the toner particle has a matrix-domain structure in which domains of the crystalline resin are present in a matrix of the amorphous resin; at least 90 number % of the crystalline resin domains are domains with a diameter from 0.05 μm to 0.50 μm; and SF1 for the crystalline resin domains is from 100 to 130.

A toner, particularly a color toner suitable for full-color image formation through a substantially oil-less heat-pressure fixing device, is formed from at least a binder resin, a colorant and a wax. The toner has viscoelasticity including: a storage modulus at 80° C. (G'80) in a range of 1x106-1x1010 dN / m2, storage moduli at temperatures of 120-180 ° C. (G'120-180) in a range of 5x103-1x106 dN / m2, and loss tangents (tan delta=G'' / G' as a ratio between G'' (loss modulus) and G' (storage molecules)) including a loss tangent at 180° C. (tan delta180) and a minimum of loss tangents over a temperature range of 120-180 ° C. (tan deltamin) satisfying 1<=tan delta180 / tan deltamin. The toner further exhibits a thermal behavior providing a heat-absorption curve according to differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showing a maximum heat-absorption peak temperature in a range of 50-110 ° C. in a temperature range of 30-200° C.

Methods of applying cyclopropene amine derivatives and compositions thereof to inhibit ethylene receptors in plants and plant material are disclosed. Methods include applying to the plant an effective ethylene response-inhibiting amount of at least one cyclopropene amine compound or composition thereof. Cyclopropene amine compounds, enantiomers, stereoisomers or salts thereof are also provided.

The invention discloses a full-active cooling hypersonic flight vehicle which comprises a transpiration cooling end, a transpiration cooling wing front edge, a transpiration cooling rudder front edge,a regenerative cooling rudder surface, a regenerative cooling windward side and a flight vehicle leeside, wherein porous structures are formed in the transpiration cooling end, the transpiration cooling wing front edge and the transpiration cooling rudder front edge, and the interiors of the porous structures are filled with liquid cooling media; the liquid cooling media can be supplied outwardsfrom the porous structures, flow through the porous structures to perform heat exchange, are heated and then flow out of the outer surface of the end in a gaseous form; and the regenerative cooling rudder surface and the regenerative cooling windward side are respectively used for cooling the rudder surface and the windward side of the flight vehicle in a regenerative cooling manner, and the liquid cooling media carried inside the flight vehicle are used for blocking, cooling and taking away pneumatic heating volume of the flight vehicle transferred into the flight vehicle in the hypersonic flight process, so that thermal protection requirements of the flight vehicle on high-speed, long-term and long-distance flight in the atmosphere are met.

A method for preparation of nanocomposite solution, comprises preparing basic silica colloid aqueous solution; providing an electrolysis apparatus by installing a negative electrode containing aluminum and a positive electrode containing silver into the basic silica colloid aqueous solution; and forming nanocomposite by applying voltage to the respective electrodes of the electrolysis apparatus. With this configuration, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing solution dispersed with nanocomposite, further particularly to, a method of manufacturing nanocomposite solution having excellent storability and thermal stability and containing silver having antibacterial function, far infrared radiation function, deodorization function.

The present invention provides a latent catalyst for epoxy resin, comprising: a cation moiety having an activity of accelerating curing reaction of epoxy resin; and a silicate anion moiety of suppressing the curing reaction-accelerating activity. Also disclosed are an epoxy resin composition comprising the latent catalyst and a semiconductor device using the epoxy resin composition.

The invention discloses a covering method for orchard sod culture. The covering method comprises steps as follows: soil preparation and fertilization: fine soil preparation is performed before sowing, 50 kilograms of calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer and 2,000-3,000 kilograms of organic fertilizer are applied for each mu; seed selection: grass seeds meeting requirements that the heights are smaller than 50 cm after the seeds grow up, the seeds grow in a creep manner and the main roots are shallow are selected; sowing in strip: the seeds are sowen when the soil is in a moisture status after rainfall in spring, the row spacing is 20-30 cm, the depth for seed sowing is 1-2 cm, the seeds are sowed in the middle of space between fruit tree rows, 1-2 meters of a clean cultivation zone is reserved between plants, and 0.5-1 kilogram of seeds are used for each mu; and cutting of green crops: green crops are cut twice every year, and 10 kilograms of calcium superphosphate is applied for each mu after cutting of the green crops each time. The method is reasonable, the content of organic matters in the oil can be improved, pests are prevented, the pesticide dosage is reduced, and rain-waterlogging danger is reduced.

The object of the invention is a multiple-channel test devise based on immunodiffusion and immunochromatography, which enables the simultaneous or parallel determination of several analytes. In the test devise, it is possible to group together different combinations of markers recognizing allergens, myocardial infarction markers, venereal disease analytes, blood screening analytes, respiratory infection producing agents, IgG, IgA and IgM antibodies, other infectious disease producing agents as well as various cancer markers. The multiple-channel test devise comprises a porous carrier material on which a channel network has been formed by etching the carrier material by laser to form a shaped figure that contains several channels. In the channels, various specific binding reagents have been immobilized, which enable the diagnoses of a target illness and / or syndrome. The sample application point is optionally provided with a filter and optionally contains a label mobilizable by the analyzable sample and a specific binding reagent. Also the method for the production of the test device and its use are disclosed in the invention.

Provided is a sports rack configured to be mounted on a truck bed. The truck bed may have a front wall, a rear tail gate and a pair of elongate side walls extending therebetween. Each one of the side walls may have a bed rail. The sports rack comprises a front frame member, a rear frame member and a plurality of channel lengths. The front frame member is disposed adjacent the front wall and extends between the side walls. The rear frame member is disposed over the rear tail gate and also extends between the side walls. The plurality of channel lengths extends horizontally between the front and rear frame members. Each of the front and rear frame members comprises a pair of upright end plates that may be used to mount the sports rack on the bed rails.

The invention belongs to the field of processing agricultural products, in particular to a method for processing golden mushroom root powder. In the method, fresh golden mushroom roots serving as a raw material undergo boiling, dehydration, drying, grinding and sterilization to prepare the golden mushroom root powder, wherein in the drying step, the two-step drying method is adopted, so that the golden mushroom roots can be fully dried without damaging nutritive matters. The method has the advantages that: the golden mushroom roots which are discarded in the processing of golden mushrooms are used as a raw material, the waste golden mushroom roots are recycled, the source is wide, and the cost is low; and by processing the golden mushroom roots into the golden mushroom root powder, the wastes are changed into the valuables, and the problem that the discarded golden mushroom roots pollute the environment is solved.

Provided is a toner comprising a toner particle containing: a binder resin; a pigment; a resin having an acidic functional group; and a fixing auxiliary agent, wherein the pigment is a pigment having a structure derived from a basic compound, and the binder resin and the fixing auxiliary agent satisfy following Formula (1):(TgA−TgB)≧5.0° C.  Formula (1)and given HP1 as a hydrophobic parameter of the resin having an acidic functional group and HP2 as a hydrophobic parameter of the fixing auxiliary agent, the HP1 is at least 0.60, and following Formula (2) is satisfied:|HP1−HP2|≦0.30  Formula (2).

An optical film including a support and a layer provided by applying a coating composition as an outermost layer, wherein the coating composition contains a fluorine-containing compound having a fluorine content of 40% by weight or more, and a particle having a particle size of from 5 to 120 nm, and the outermost layer has a refractive index of from 1.20 to 1.38.

A hologram recording material with high sensitivity, high diffraction efficiency, good storability, a small shrinkage ratio, dry processing applicability and a multiple recording performance, which is applicable to high density optical recording media and the like, is provided. The hologram recording material contains the specific acid generator of sensitizing dye.